After researching some of the diesel additive MSDS I discovered that alcohols are often included.
Example types found with a quick search include:
2-ethylhexanol (e.g. Caltex, Gulf)
Branched Alkanol (e.g. Techron D)
Alcohol ethoxylate (e.g. FuelDoctors)
Other additive blenders seem quick to proclaim "no alcohols", so I wondered if alcohols were seen as good or bad in diesel??
Alcohols are suggested to be good at dissolving gum/varnish, absorbing water and helps antifoam.
Downside could be seen as the ability to leach water from atmosphere, degrade some seal types or not perfectly miscible.
So, I invite interested parties to contribute with points of view, opinions or experience etc.
Snippet:
According to European standards EN 14214, biodiesel can have up to .2% residual methanol from the production process. Given this allowance spec, it appears that they regard the amount to be harmless for use in a vehicles' fuel system. I believe methanol would require a co-solvent to be miscible with hydrocarbon based diesels.
Example types found with a quick search include:
2-ethylhexanol (e.g. Caltex, Gulf)
Branched Alkanol (e.g. Techron D)
Alcohol ethoxylate (e.g. FuelDoctors)
Other additive blenders seem quick to proclaim "no alcohols", so I wondered if alcohols were seen as good or bad in diesel??
Alcohols are suggested to be good at dissolving gum/varnish, absorbing water and helps antifoam.
Downside could be seen as the ability to leach water from atmosphere, degrade some seal types or not perfectly miscible.
So, I invite interested parties to contribute with points of view, opinions or experience etc.
Snippet:
According to European standards EN 14214, biodiesel can have up to .2% residual methanol from the production process. Given this allowance spec, it appears that they regard the amount to be harmless for use in a vehicles' fuel system. I believe methanol would require a co-solvent to be miscible with hydrocarbon based diesels.